#55A6CE#55A6CE

#55A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6CE
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -13.06, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 30.78, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0605 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.099 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5189, 33.6573, 63.3741)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6CE #CE7D55

analogous

#55CEBA #55A6CE #556ACE

triadic

#55A6CE #CE55A6 #A6CE55

tetradic

#55A6CE #BA55CE #CE7D55 #6ACE55

square

#55A6CE #BA55CE #CE7D55 #6ACE55

split-complementary

#55A6CE #CE556A #CEBA55

monochromatic

#266483 #3388B2 #55A6CE #85BFDC #B4D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#55A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6CE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6CE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc0dd',
    500: '#55a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6ce;
$custom-light: #8fc0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.835,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6CE

secondary

#D8B7A7

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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